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> "When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it’s run like a business rather than a great engineering firm." - CEO Harry Sto
by rcbdev 3y ago
> "When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it’s run like a business rather than a great engineering firm." - CEO Harry Stonecipher
Amazing how that one worked out.
- epups 3y agoIt was a great engineering firm, and he turned it into a bad engineering firm.
- theyinwhy 3y agoLove the missing "great" in front of "business".
- samgranieri 3y agoMcDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing's money and IMHO ruined it. If it were up to me I'd just put the engineers that made amazing flying machines back in charge and phase out McDonnell Douglas's culture.
- dopidopHN 3y ago( naïve comment ) Is that possible ? Tribal knowledge is probably lost, and those great employees have probably moved on or retired.
- throw0101d 3y agoFrom a 2004 profile: > "When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it's run like a business rather than a great engineering firm," he said. "It is a great engineering firm, but people invest in a company because they want to make money." * https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-0402290256feb29-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-0402290256feb29-story.htm... The Boeing headquarters was moved from Seattle to Chicago around 2001: * https://hbr.org/2001/10/inside-boeings-big-move https://hbr.org/2001/10/inside-boeings-big-move > In a 2019 article, Jerry Useem criticized Boeing's move to Chicago, suggesting that by "isolating" the Boeing management from its engineering and manufacturing staff, the company discounted its former engineering-led corporate culture in favor of a management style run by MBAs instead of engineers.[7] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Building#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Building#Criticism In 2022 it moved again, from Chicago to the DC-area (Virginia): * https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/05/boeing-to-move-headquarters-from-chicago-to-virginia-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/05/boeing-to-move-headquarters-... Both moves seem quite symbolic to me.
- _fat_santa 3y agoI hope Boeing's stock tanking will be a strong indicator to the bean counters at Boeing and other engineering firms that you engineering chops do bring value to the business.